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Woolpert welcomes Dickerson as Director of Operations for Infrastructure

AJOT Newsroom | April 19, 2022 | Project / Heavy Lift | Intermodal Project

The water, energy and asset management leader will help guide the sector’s growth and strategy.

Major US trucking company sees freight shifting from roads to trains

Bloomberg | April 19, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. said shippers are back to seeking to save money on transportation after two years of supply-chain disruptions that had them paying whatever it took to keep products stocked.

Ports & Terminals

AJOT Newsroom | April 19, 2022

Pileup of empty containers building in the US East and West Coast, repatriating empties major challenge in mid to long term

• Contract negotiations in the USWC and USEC logjams will hurt the coming peak season • Overflowing depots in the US to pull average container prices further down

A first in 10 years for New Caledonia

AJOT Newsroom | April 19, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

Intermodal

Bloomberg | April 19, 2022

Shanghai factory restarts fall short on lack of parts, truckers

Even those companies in China whose factories are operating under so-called closed-loop systems may be forced to stop work due to parts shortages or logistical challenges that make moving people and goods around the country near impossible, a European chamber of commerce has warned.

New functionality the order fulfillment of the day for high growth 3PLs

AJOT Newsroom | April 19, 2022 | Shipping Technology

WMS technology innovator, Synergy North America Inc, has further enhanced its multiple billing software that already offers the highest levels of detail, accuracy and clarity via its SnapFulfil WMS cloud based solution.

Launch of TransmetriQ Rail Management System is a major advance in shipment tracking and ETA

AJOT Newsroom | April 19, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

IMF warns of crypto mining as possible dodge on Russia sanctions

Bloomberg | April 19, 2022 | International Trade

Shale inflation grows as Halliburton flags drilling-budget jumps

Bloomberg | April 19, 2022 | Energy

Russian crude shipments shrink 25% in just one week

Bloomberg | April 19, 2022 | Energy | Maritime | Bulk

Seaborne flows of Russian crude oil declined by a quarter in the seven days to April 15. Volumes heading to Asia from ports on the Black Sea, Baltic and Arctic coasts plunged to the lowest in two months.

SeaPort Manatee container tonnage up 32.2 percent in record first fiscal half

AJOT Newsroom | April 19, 2022 | Ports & Terminals

SeaPort Manatee keeps setting across-the-board activity records, highlighted by an upsurge of more than 32 percent in containerized cargo tonnage in the six-month period ended March 31 over the comparable year-earlier fiscal half.

Launch of TransmetriQ Rail Management System is a major advance in shipment tracking and ETA

TransmetriQ, a unit of Railinc | April 19, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Russia seeks medical equipment from India as war disrupts trade

Bloomberg | April 19, 2022 | International Trade

Decarbonizing aviation will require big leaps from these pioneers

Bloomberg | April 19, 2022 | Air Cargo | Technology

We are seeing a big push happening this year in aviation, driven by calls on airlines to decarbonize and investor interest in new aviation technology startups.

Quality matters in India’s drive to fill global wheat export gap

Bloomberg | April 19, 2022 | International Trade | Commodity

Ukraine war gives US LNG chance to shed fracked-gas stigma

Bloomberg | April 19, 2022 | Energy

Mask mandate for planes, trains overturned by Federal judge

Bloomberg | April 18, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airports

A federal judge overturned the U.S. government mask mandate on airplanes, trains and other public transportation, dealing a blow to the Biden administration as fights continue nationwide over policies tied to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Final Federal Environmental Impact Statement released on rail facility at the Port of Long Beach

AJOT Newsroom | April 18, 2022 | Ports & Terminals

The U.S. Maritime Administration has issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision, approving the planned Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility, a Port of Long Beach project designed to enhance the flow of cargo by rail.

San Pedro Bay Ports keep dwell fee on hold

AJOT Newsroom | April 18, 2022 | Ports & Terminals

Long Beach, Los Angeles to continue to reassess activation on April 22

War in Ukraine sends Indonesia exports, imports to new records

Bloomberg | April 18, 2022 | International Trade | Commodity

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